Information about Loughanargid

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Loughanargid
Irish Form of Name:
Loch an Airgid
Translation:
lake of the silver
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Loughanargid
Loch an Airgid
Loughanarruged alias Silver Lough
Loughanarrigid Boundary Surveyors Sketch
Comment:
There is a tradition that some one fishing in this Lough was so fortunate as to ? up a bag of money hence the name ? being silver money.
Description:
This Lough contains nothing remarkable. It is apportioned to the townland of Clooncaa and Clooncunny Parish of Ballynakill, Carhoonagh Lough, Parish of Dunammon and Rossmoylan in this Parish.
Situation:
Loughanarrigid is situated on the N.E. corner of the townland of Rossmoylan in this Parish.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Loughanargid is in Rossmoylan townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Loughanargid
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service